IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 1218: Codices Electronici: Digital Manuscript Libraries
Wednesday 12 July 2006, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Digital Medievalist |
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Organiser: | James Cummings, Oxford Text Archive, University of Oxford |
Moderator/Chair: | James Cummings, Oxford Text Archive, University of Oxford |
Paper 1218-a | Digital Manuscripts as Components of Co-Operative Editorial Work (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 1218-b | Codices Electronici Sangallenses Research Project Summary (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 1218-c | German Manuscript Cataloguing and the TEI-P5 (unconfirmed) (Language: English) Index terms: Bibliography, Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Abstract | This session brings together medievalists from Germany and Switzerland working on digital resources in the area of manuscript studies, but especially in relation to digital libraries. The creation of online electronic surrogates for manuscripts offers many new exciting possibilities for those in various fields such as codicology, palaeography, art history, and bibliography. However, the managing of the associated meta-data, and the variation in quality and standards between libraries also causes problems. This session concentrates on the exemplary work of such projects as Codices Electronici Ecclesiae Coloniensis and Codices Electronici Sangallenses. |